PMID- 34753005 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220404 LR - 20220405 IS - 1873-426X (Electronic) IS - 0008-6215 (Linking) VI - 511 DP - 2022 Jan TI - Amide-linked brartemicin glycolipids exhibit Mincle-mediated agonist activity in vitro. PG - 108461 LID - S0008-6215(21)00230-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108461 [doi] AB - Lipidated derivatives of the natural product brartemicin show much promise as vaccine adjuvants due to their ability to signal through the Macrophage Inducible C-type Lectin (Mincle). We synthesised three lipophilic amide-linked brartemicin derivatives and compared their agonist activity to that of their ester-linked counterparts in vitro. We demonstrate that the brartemicin amide derivatives activate bone-marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) in a Mincle-dependent manner, as evidenced by the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1beta in wildtype but not Mincle(-)(/-) cells. The amide derivatives showed activity that was as good as, if not better than, their ester counterparts. Two of the amide derivatives, but none of the ester-derivatives, also led to the production of IL-1beta by human-derived monocytes. As the production of IL-1beta is a good indicator of vaccine adjuvanticity potential, these findings suggest that amide-linked brartemicin derivatives show particular promise as vaccine adjuvants. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Dangerfield, Emma M AU - Dangerfield EM AD - School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand; Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand. FAU - Lynch, Amy T AU - Lynch AT AD - School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand; Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand. FAU - Kodar, Kristel AU - Kodar K AD - School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand; Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand. FAU - Stocker, Bridget L AU - Stocker BL AD - School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand; Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand. Electronic address: bridget.stocker@vuw.ac.nz. FAU - Timmer, Mattie S M AU - Timmer MSM AD - School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand; Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand. Electronic address: mattie.timmer@vuw.ac.nz. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211029 PL - Netherlands TA - Carbohydr Res JT - Carbohydrate research JID - 0043535 RN - 0 (Amides) RN - 0 (Glycolipids) RN - 0 (Lectins, C-Type) RN - 0 (brartemicin) RN - B8WCK70T7I (Trehalose) SB - IM MH - Amides/pharmacology MH - *Glycolipids/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - *Lectins, C-Type MH - Trehalose/analogs & derivatives OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adjuvant OT - Brartemicin OT - Glycolipid OT - Mincle OT - Synthesis OT - Trehalose EDAT- 2021/11/10 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/05 06:00 CRDT- 2021/11/09 20:16 PHST- 2021/08/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/09 20:16 [entrez] AID - S0008-6215(21)00230-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108461 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Carbohydr Res. 2022 Jan;511:108461. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108461. Epub 2021 Oct 29.